Silvestre de Balboa

Silvestre de Balboa Troya Quesada (June 30, 1563 – c. 1644)[1] was a Canary writer considered author of the first literary text in Cuba.

Very little information is known of him, among which is his baptism certificate dated in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, June 30, 1563.[2] Hidalgo, of the gentry, notes that he arrived in Cuba between 1590 and 1600.

It is known that in 1604 that he was in the city of Manzanillo, but later settled in the village of Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe, current Camagüey province, where he was confirmed as clerk of the council.

  1. ^ Lezama Lima, José; Esteban, Ángel; Salvador Jofré, Álvaro (2002): Antología de la poesía cubana. Madrid: Editorial Verbum, 2002. 302 pages.
  2. ^ José Almeida Alfonso, La inmigración canaria en Cuba (Canary immigration to Cuba) Archived November 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine